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Walt Disney World Railroad

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/* Fun Facts and Trivia */
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* During the construction of [[Splash Mountain]] the Walt Disney World Railroad ran backwards. Briefly called referred to as the "Backtrack Express" (or Goofy's "Backtrack Express", instead of pulling out of the Main Street USA Station and moving forward, the trains instead proceeded backwards to the Duckburg Station <ref> http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-11-26/business/9011240905_1_mickey-s-starland-mickey-s-birthday-land-main-street </ref> <ref> https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19910716&id=LwghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l3YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3983,1722713&hl=en </ref>.
* The "Walter E. Disney" and "Roger E. Broggie" trains were on the shop floor together in 1925. Their serial numbers are sequential (58444 and 58445), and both trains were built for the United Railways of Yucotan by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia.